Virginia Satir coined the phrase “The problem isn’t the problem, coping with the problem is the problem”. Today I messed up. About a month-and-a-bit ago my wife hosted a charity Zumba event and donated all the proceeds. Yes, she’s awesome....

Yesterday I mowed the lawn because I felt had to. Our neighbours lawn company had taken care of their lawn and my wife was, um, re-enforcing her desire to have me get the yard-work done. Since I’m on ‘vacation’ I wasn’t particularly motivated...